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Rhea

Rhea: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“flow; ease”
Origin
Greek
Say it
REE-uh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (98% of all uses)

Name of the Titan mother of the gods in Greek mythology. Its exact derivation is debated, but it is often connected with a Greek word meaning 'flow.'

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How popular is Rhea?

2024145 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Rhea in 2024484

2024 rank#616 girls

Peak year1899

Total US babies since 188019,689

Rhea is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Rhea

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Reyauncertain · Unknown
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
  • Zoelife · Greek
  • Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
  • Elenabright, shining light · Greek
  • Genesisorigin; creation; birth · Greek

Rhea questions

What does the name Rhea mean?

Rhea means "flow; ease". It comes from Greek. Name of the Titan mother of the gods in Greek mythology. Its exact derivation is debated, but it is often connected with a Greek word meaning 'flow.'

Is Rhea a boy or girl name?

Rhea is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Rhea?

484 US babies were named Rhea in 2024. Its peak year was 1899.

How do you pronounce Rhea?

Rhea is usually pronounced REE-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.